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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Edgar Joseph Salmon -

Unknown person Name : Edgar Joseph Salmon.

Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Salmon, of Rowlands, Havenstreet, Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Born 1891 Haven Street.
 
  Census information :

1891 : Joseph and Mary Ann Salmon, with their children including Edgar Joseph Salmon aged 6 months, are at Rowlands, Haven Street. Joseph Salmon is a woodman.

1901 : Joseph and Mary Ann Salmon, with their children including Edgar Joseph Salmon aged 10, are at Rowlands, Haven Street. Joseph Salmon is a woodman.

1911 : Joseph and Mary Ann Salmon, with their children including Edgar Joseph Salmon aged 20, are at The Lodge, Rowlands, Haven Street. Joseph Salmon is a woodman; Edgar Salmon is an under gamekeeper.

  Service details :

Rifleman 330893 Edgar Joseph Salmon, 1/8th Bn Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles).

  Casualty details :

Died : 19 April 1917 aged 26

Buried at Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine (now Israel)

CWGC record ...

  Commemorated on these Memorials :

Ashey War Memorial
Haven Street War Memorial
St. Peter's Church, Haven Street War Memorial
Isle of Wight Rifles War Memorial, St Nicholas Chapel, Carisbrooke Castle
Isle of Wight Rifles War Memorial, Drill Hall Road, Newport
  Further Information :

His death was announced in the Isle of Wight County Press of 12 May 1917. No further details were given.
  Page Status :

Page last updated : 25 May 2011


 
 

 
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